Closing Discussion Webinar Series Part II. on: Infrastructure Financing Food, Energy & Water Nexus

Date: 03-19-2021
TIME: 12:00-1:00 EST

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The Research Coordination Network (RCN) will have a closing discussion with our invited speakers who participated in the Webinar Series Part II during this winter. The panel will discuss some aspects of the topics previously presented and answer questions from our Network seeking for research gaps.

Cecilia Kuhsner AICP, Executive Vice President, Planning Division of the New York City Economic Development Corporation. Her webinar focused on Hunts Point Food Distribution Center.

David Baxter, International Development and Public & Private Partnership Consultant and a Steering Committee member of WAPPP. His webinar talk about People-first Public - Private Partnership.

Dr. Newsha K. Ajami, Director of Urban Water Policy with Stanford University’s Water in the West Program. Her webinar focused on Alternative Infrastructure Financing.

Dr. Peter Adriaens, Professor at the University of Michigan; FinTech Entrepreneur; Director of the Center for Smart Infrastructure Finance. His webinar talk about How Data Will Be Driving FEW Financial Innovation.

Joyce Coffee LEED AP, Founder and President of Climate Resilience Consulting. Her webinar presented Perspectives on Investing in Resilience.

This closing session will be moderated by Dr. Giulia Pedrielli Senior Sustainability Scientist of the Global Institute of Sustainability & Innovation and Professor at the Arizona State University (ASU). 

The RCN project is funded by The National Science Foundation and managed by a team of five principal investigators, from CUNY, NYU, NYIT and ASU, coordinating a network of academic and nonacademic institutions in the U.S. and abroad to study the Food, Energy, and Water Nexus for Sustainable and Resilient Urban Development. 

Throughout The City-as-Lab concept, the project carries out: 1. Develop research directions for the areas where current knowledge gaps exist; 2. Develop consensus on a framework for integrated urban FEW infrastructure research; 3. Create a networking consortium to deepen existing early-stage collaborations; 4. Develop a dynamic education program for students with diverse backgrounds; 5. Expand the network and evaluate the success of the network activities.